# WARNING!!! Virus Warning About SD-Related Email!!!! READ NOW!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 14, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606 "2000-12-14T20:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606/1 "2000-12-14T20:27:32Z")
As many of you know, the Straight Dope Message Board today revoked the posting privileges of the (now former) member known as Jack Dean Tyler. A few minutes ago, the message board staff received an email from an address associated with that former member which we believe contained a virus of some sort. We’re still trying to sort things out to figure out exactly what is going on, but for now, please exercise caution in opening emails from sources not familiar to you. As we are able to share more, we will update you. Please bump this thread from time to time to keep it near the top of the page until we can get the “announcement” function working for us. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606/2 "2000-12-14T20:31:05Z")
This makes me try to imagine what the JDT virus would be like… Maybe a piece of my hard drive will fall off, causing my time spent computing to be less than satisfactory from here on out… ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606/3 "2000-12-14T22:09:36Z")
If any of you do receive this sort of email, here’s the fix. [Wscript.KakWorm](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html) If you receive such an email, do not open it. Delete it and notify us as well as his ISP. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606/4 "2000-12-15T00:53:41Z")
[sup] **bump!** [/sup] Thanks for the heads-up! ---
**Author:** ![Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606/5 "2000-12-15T02:38:51Z")
Bumped again. I didn’t notice the announcement, but the thread sure caught my eye! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606/6 "2000-12-16T10:00:04Z")
Thanks (again) for the heads up, **manny**! Thanks, **Tuba**! (I was curious about a possible fix.) * * * [_Seasons Greetings_](http://home.nyc.rr.com/gaycouple/xmas.html) “I don’t want realism. I want magic!” - Blanche DuBois